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Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Budget 2023-24 announces recruitment of 38,800 teachers and support staff for 740 Eklavya Model Residential Schools, serving 3.5 lakh tribal students
The scheme of Eklavya Model Residential School  is being implemented as a central sector scheme to provide quality education to Scheduled Tribes  students  in remote areas to enable them to access the best opportunities in education and to bring them at par with the general population. Government has decided to establish one EMRS in every block with more than 50% ST population and at least 20,000 tribal persons  subject to availability of suitable land to be provided by the State Government. EMRSs are intended to provide good quality education to tribal students, free of cost in their own environment. The capital cost for setting up the school complex, including hostels and staff quarters has been revised from Rs 20.00 crores to Rs. 37.80 crore in plain areas from Rs. 24.00 Crores to Rs. 48.00 crore in North East, hilly areas and LWE affected areas.
Recurring cost upto Rs. 1.09 lakh per year per student is paid for running of the schools and towards expenses of the students States have also been advised to run schools in alternative buildings preferably in Government Buildings till the construction of schools is completed. As on date, 690 schools have been sanctioned and 401 EMRS have been made functional across the country with 113275 students enrolled in these EMRSs.
Under the scheme of EMRS, funds are released by the Ministry to an autonomous society, National Education Society for Tribal Students  for implementation of the scheme and NESTS further releases funds to State Societies and Construction Agencies etc. as per their requirements. Upto the year 2019-20, funds were being released to states including Rajasthan for this scheme under Grants under Article 275  of the constitution as one of the components. From the year 2020-21 onwards, separate allocation has been made for EMRS scheme.
Government in Budget 2023-24 has made announcement of recruitment of 38,800 teachers and support staff for the 740 Eklavya Model Residential Schools, serving 3.5 lakh tribal students. In pursuance of this, National Education Society for Tribal Students  has finalized the action plan and is taking further appropriate action to initiate the recruitment process in a phased manner.
This reply was given by Minister of state for Tribal Affairs Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Home Affairs
On the 21st Anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas, the Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah paid tributes to the martyrs and recalled their bravery and valour
Union Home Minister says Kargil Vijay Diwas is a symbol of India’s self-respect, unparalleled bravery and strong leadership
“I salute the brave warriors who displayed exemplary courage in driving out the enemy from Kargil, one of the most difficult terrains in the world and hoisted the tricolour on its peaks. The nation is proud of its brave soldiers who are devoted towards protecting the integrity of the motherland”: Shri Amit Shah
On the 21st Anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas, the Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah paid tributes to the martyrs and recalled their bravery and valour. He said Kargil Vijay Diwas is a symbol of India’s self-respect, unparalleled bravery and strong leadership.
“I salute the brave warriors who displayed exemplary courage in driving out the enemy from Kargil, one of the most difficult terrains in the world and hoisted the tricolour on its peaks. The nation is proud of its brave soldiers who are devoted towards protecting the integrity of the motherland,” said Shri Amit Shah.
On July 26, 1999, Indian Armed Forces had defeated Pakistan under Operation Vijay. Since then, Kargil Vijay Diwas is celebrated commemorating the indomitable valour, bravery and supreme sacrifice of the Indian soldier.
Ministry of Finance
Inter-Ministerial Committee on Virtual Currencies submits its Report along with Draft Bill ‘Banning of Cryptocurrency & Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2019’
The Government had constituted an Inter-Ministerial Committee  on 2.11.2017 under the Chairmanship of Secy , with Secy , Chairman  and Dy. Governor, RBI as Members, to study the issues related to virtual currencies and propose specific action to be taken in this matter. The Group’s report, along with a Draft Bill has been received by the Government. This Report and Draft Bill will now be examined in consultation with all the concerned Departments and Regulatory Authorities, before the Government takes a final decision.
In the Report, the Group has highlighted the positive aspect of distributed-ledger technology  and suggested various applications, especially in financial services, for use of DLT in India. The DLT-based systems can be used by banks and other financial firms for processes such as loan-issuance tracking, collateral management, fraud detection and claims management in insurance, and reconciliation systems in the securities market.
As for private cryptocurrencies, given the risks associated with them and volatility in their prices, the Group has recommended banning of the cryptocurrencies in India and imposing fines and penalties for carrying on of any activities connected with cryptocurrencies in India.
The Group has also proposed that the Government keeps an open mind on official digital currency.
As virtual currencies and its underlying technology are still evolving, the Group has proposed that the Government may establish a Standing Committee to revisit the issues addressed in the Report as and when required.
A copy of the Report of the Group, along with the Draft Bill ‘Banning of Cryptocurrency & Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2019’ has been placed on the website of the Department of Economic Affairs today.
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Shri Arjun Munda participates in a cultural program presented by tribal artists from six states
Today is a historic day because Smt. Droupadi ji Murmu belonging to the tribal society has become the President of the country: Shri Arjun Munda
The daughter of India, who hails from the world of water-land-forest , has today become the President of the country: Shri Mahendra Pandey
Tribal dance troupes from six different states of India performed in honour of 15th President of India Smt. Droupadi Murmu ji at the National Tribal Research Institute, New Delhi in the presence of Shri Arjun Munda, Union Minister of Tribal Affairs and Shri Mahendra Nath Pandey, Union Minister of Heavy Industries.
On the occasion, a welcome song and colourful dances were presented by the tribal artists. Jharkhand group performed Santhali folk dance , Kunti group performed Mundari folk dance, Orissa group performed Adwasi Santhali Kalash Folk Dance, Howrah,West Bengal group performed Santari Lakchar Anech dance, and Chhattisgarh group performed Panthi dance.
In his address on the occasion, Tribal Affairs Minister Shri Arjun Munda praised the artists coming from many states for their outstanding dance performances. Further, Shri Arjun Munda said that today is a historic day as Smt. Droupadi Murmu Ji belonging to the tribal society has become the President of the country .
In his address, Shri Mahendra Pandey appreciated the dance performance of all the artists. He said “The daughter of India, who hails from the world of water-land-forest , has today become the President of the country and this new history has been made in the Amrit kaal for the country. He also added that it is a clear indicator of the new thinking of the present government which is giving shape to a progressive India.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Notification issued to notify amendments in the rules governing Bharat  series registration mark
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways  has issued a notification G.S.R 879 on 14 Dec 2022 to notify amendments in the rules governing Bharat  series registration mark. MoRTH had introduced BH series registration mark vide G.S.R. 594 dated 26 August 2021. Over the course of implementation of these rules, several representations have been received towards strengthening the BH series ecosystem.
In an endeavour to further improve as well as widen the scope of BH series implementation, MoRTH has proposed new rules with the following key features:
1. The transfer of ownership of the vehicles with BH series registration mark to other persons, who are eligible or ineligible for BH series, has been facilitated.
2. Vehicles currently having regular registration mark can also be converted to BH series registration mark subject to payment of requisite tax, to facilitate persons who subsequently become eligible for BH series registration mark.
3. To provide further ease of life to citizen, amendment in rule 48 has been proposed to provide flexibility to submit application for BH series either at the place of residence or place of work.
4. The Working Certificate to be submitted by private sector employees has been further strengthened to prevent misuse.
5. In addition to their official identity card, Government employees can now obtain BH series registration mark on the basis of their Service Certificate also.
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Ministry of Cooperation
Digitization of Co-operative Societies
A Centrally sponsored project for Computerization of 63,000 functional PACS/ LAMPS across the country with a total financial outlay of Rs. 2,516 Crore is under implementation. The project entails bringing all the functional PACS onto on ERP  based common software, linking them with NABARD through State Cooperative Banks  and District Central Cooperative Banks .
At present, proposals for computerization of 58,383 PACS have been received from 24 States and 4 Union Territories. Release of central share amounting to the States/ UTs for the procurement of hardware, digitization of legacy data and establishing support system is under process. An amount of 11.28 crore has been released to the State of Uttar Pradesh under this Project for Computerization of 1,539 PACS. The Project Monitoring Units  have been set up at Central and State Levels by NABARD. Development of software has been started by the National Level Project Software Vendor  selected by NABARD.
The expected benefit of the computerization of PACS Project, inter alia are - increasing efficiency of their operations, ensuring speedy disbursal of loans, lowering of transaction costs, reducing imbalances in payments, seamless accounting with DCCBs and StCBs and increasing transparency. Implementation of Common Accounting System  and Management Information System  would enable PACS to carry out their operations online and obtain refinance/ loans for their various activities from NABARD through DCCBs and StCBs.
This was stated by the Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha.
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Clarification regarding Stock limits imposed on Pulses and wrong information floating in certain media sections/social media
There is a WhatsApp message being circulated that stock limits on pulses have been removed. In this regard it is clarified that Stock limits imposed on Pulses vide Order dated 2.7.21 have not been removed and are being enforced. Government is closely monitoring the implementation of these Orders by the States.
Central Government has also shared information with the States where there is a mismatch between the stocks declared by the Stockists on the portal developed by Department of Consumer Affairs and loans taken from the Bank for pulses stocks or the quantity imported by importers. States have been asked to take strict action against all those violating the stock limits.
Prime Minister's Office
PM greets people on the occasion of various festivals across the country
Festivals to strengthen resolve to overcome our circumstances, says PM
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted the people on occasion of various festivals across the country.
In a series of tweets PM said, “We are celebrating various festivals across India and also the start of a New Year as per our traditional calendar. Greetings on Ugadi, Gudi Padava, Navreh and Sajibu Cheiraoba. May these auspicious occasions bring good health, happiness and prosperity in our lives.
We are marking these festivals at a time when our nation is battling the COVID-19 menace. The celebrations will not be like they are usually but they will strengthen our resolve to overcome our circumstances. May we keep working to fight COVID-19 together.”
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Sanctioned and Operational One Stop Centres
The One Stop Centre scheme of the Ministry of Women and Child Development is being implemented since 1st April, 2015. Till date, 733 One Stop Centres  have been sanctioned across the country, out of which 704 OSCs have been operationalised in 35 States/ UTs. One Stop Centres provide a range of integrated services under one roof including police facilitation, medical aid, legal aid and legal counselling, psycho-social counseling and temporary shelter to women affected by violence or distress. The State/ UT-wise numbers of sanctioned and operationalized One Stop Centres alongwith the numbers of women who have been provided necessary assistance by these OSCs can be seen at Annexure.
The Government has taken fresh steps to provide speedy assistance and services at OSCs to women facing violence and distress. In this direction, the Ministry of Women and Child Development has decided to implement the umbrella scheme for safety, security and empowerment of women as an integrated women empowerment programme under the name ‘Mission Shakti’, including components of One Stop Centres, Women Helpline, women’s homes and hostels etc. For providing speedy assistance and services to distressed and violence affected women at OSCs, the Ministry has decided to set up more OSCs in areas which are distant from district headquarters or are having high rates of crime against women, to enhance the costing provisions for OSCs, and to further enhance the synergy and coordination of OSCs with the other initiatives of the government, including those under Nirbhaya Fund and under Mission Shakti.
This information was given by the Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Special Service and Features
National Statistical Office to conduct Round Table Conference  for the Annual Survey of Industries  tomorrow  in Kochi
(Kochi: January 19, 2023
National Statistical Office under the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation is conducting a Round Table Conference  for The Annual Survey of Industries  tomorrow  in Kochi . The event is organised by Kochi Sub Regional Office under National Statistical Office  at Kendriya Bhavan, Kakkand. The Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Government of Kerala is also participating in the survey. The survey results are widely used by the Union Government, State Governments, industries and researchers.
Participants from industrial associations and prominent industrial units will participate in the programme which aims to create awareness about the need for timely submission of ASI return by industrial units. In this RTC ,importance of the survey will be explained and hands on training will be provided. This conference is also meant to address issues and concern, if any, of the factory management and business associations in filing the ASI return.
The Annual Survey of Industries  is the principal source of industrial statistics in India. It provides statistical information to assess and evaluate, objectively and realistically, the changes in the growth, composition and structure of organized manufacturing sector. The ASI extends its coverage to the entire country.
Ministry of Minority Affairs
Security and Protection of Minority Communities
“Public Order” and “Police” are State subjects as per the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India. The responsibility of maintaining law and order, registration and prosecution of crimes against all citizens including minorities, rests with the respective State Governments. Government of India monitors the internal security and law and order situation in the country and issues appropriate advisories to States from time to time to maintain peace, public tranquillity and communal harmony. Central Armed Police Forces  are deployed to aid and assist State Governments, on their request, to maintain law and order and public tranquillity. Government of India has issued communal Harmony Guidelines, which, inter-alia lay down standard operating procedure to deal with situations arising out of communal violence. These guidelines are aimed to maintain due vigilance, careful planning and preparatory measures to prevent and pre-empt communal violence.
Further, the details of the complaints with the National Commission for Minorities , in the last five years is annexed.
Whenever NCM receives any complaint in the matter, reports are called from the concerned Authorities. In some cases, when the report is not satisfactory, NCM also conducts hearings to resolve the issue. Further, in cases of media reports, NCM takes suo moto cognizance and calls for report.
ANNEXURE
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S. No.
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Year
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Complaints
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1
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2017-18
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09
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2
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2018-19
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09
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3
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2019-20
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02
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4
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2020-21
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04
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5
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2021-22
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08
This information was given by the Union Minister for Minority Affairs Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Improving Soil Health
Government is implementing Soil Health Card  scheme since 2015 to provide soil test based fertilizer use recommendations periodically to the farmers in the country. Soil health card provides nutrient status of the soil along with prescription about balanced and integrated use of inorganic and organic fertilizers to maintain good soil health that results in increase in production.
Apart from SHC, Government is also implementing Soil Health Management  scheme to augment soil samples testing capacity in the country through setting up / strengthening of soil testing laboratories. So far, 11531 new labs  and strengthening of 829 labs have been sanctioned to the states.
SHC based fertilizer use advisories are issued to farmers from time to time. Demonstrations about balanced use of fertilizers based on soil health card recommendations and training to the farmers on proper and integrated use of fertilizers are integral part of the scheme. Financial assistance is provided to State Governments for training of farmers, demonstrations on farmer fields and organizing farmer melas.
Since 2015, around 6.04 lakh demonstrations, 36928 farmer’s trainings and 7425 farmers melas are organized/conducted under the programme. Along with state/ district agriculture machinery and panchayats, village level rural development workers like Krishi Sakhis, Pasu Sakhis are involved in educating farmers on right use of fertilizers. Indian Council of Agricultural Research  also imparts training, organizes front line demonstrations to educate farmers on this aspect.
This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in Lok Sabha.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
National Unity Day: Blood Donation camp organised
Filed Outreach Bureau Government of India, Ernakulam, Rotary club of Cohin South and Thanal foundation, Panangad jointly organised blood donation camp in the Panangad Gopinatham Memorial Higher Secondary School, Kochi today. Shri.K.Babu MLA inaugurated the programme. Asha workers and Covid frontline workers were honoured at the function. The newly elected IMA Kochi chapter President, Dr.Maria Varghese was also honoured.
Harikrishnan Nair, Rotary club of Cochin South presided over the meeting. K.S.Radhakrishnan,Kumbalam panchayath president, Karmili teacher, Kumbalam panchayath vice president, Baby Thampi, Kumbalam Block Panchayat President, Ponnumon, Field Exhibition Officer, and M.Renjith Kumar spoke on the occasion.
Ministry of Textiles
Textiles Ministry holds National Conference on PM Mega Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel Park  Parks Scheme
13 State Governments present plans of 18 proposals for setting up of PM MITRA Parks in their respective states
A National Conference on PM Mega Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel Park Parks Scheme was organized by Ministry of Textiles on 4th May, 2022. The conference was inaugurated by Shri U.P Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Textiles followed by a detailed presentation on the PM MITRA Parks Scheme by Smt. Shubhra, Trade Advisor, Ministry of Textiles.
The Conference provided a platform for making presentation by officials from 13 State Governments, viz. – Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh enumerating the contours of the 18 proposals for setting up of PM MITRA Parks in their respective states. Each state government showcased its strengths in the textiles sector with a special focus on scheme/policy/benefits/incentives and basic utilities provided for creating industry friendly ecosystem to populate the proposed PM-MITRA Parks.
PM MITRA Park will offer the opportunity to create an Integrated Textiles Value Chain right from spinning, weaving, processing/dyeing and printing to garment manufacturing etc. at one location and will reduce logistics cost of Industry. The conference was also witnessed widespread participation from the Industry in physical as well as virtual mode leading to a vibrant Q&A session, followed by the closing session summarizing the outcomes and elaborating on the way forward of successful scheme implementation.